Road and Off-Road Vehicle System Dynamics Handbook

Featuring contributions from industry leaders in their respective fields, this volume presents comprehensive, authoritative coverage of all the major issues involved in road vehicle dynamic behavior. It begins with a short history of road and off-road vehicle dynamics followed by thorough, detailed state-of-the-art chapters on modeling, analysis and optimization in vehicle system dynamics, vehicle concepts and aerodynamics, pneumatic tires and contact wheel-road/off-road, modeling vehicle subsystems, vehicle dynamics and active safety, man-vehicle interaction, intelligent vehicle systems, and road accident reconstruction and passive safety.

Manfred Ploechl, Gianpiero Mastinu

History of Road and Off-Road Vehicle System Dynamics. Part I Modeling, Analysis, and Optimization in Vehicle System Dynamics. Vehicle Models and Equations of Motion. Simulation Algorithms and Software Tools. Nonlinear Solid Mechanics with Finite Elements. Nonlinear Vehicle Dynamics. Controls and Identification. Actuators and Sensors. Optimization of Ground Vehicle Systems. Fatigue and Structural Durability of Automotive Components. Reliability Assessment of Mechatronic Devices in Vehicles. Part II Vehicle Concepts and Aerodynamics. Conceptual Design of Road Vehicles Related to Dynamics. Off-Road Vehicles (Wheeled and Tracked). Motorcycles and Three-Wheeled Vehicles. Race Cars: Frame, Suspension, Aerodynamics. Race Cars: Braking System. Aerodynamics and Vehicle Dynamics. Part III Pneumatic Tires and Contact Wheel-Road/Off-Road. Tire as a Vehicle Component. Pneumatic Tire Models: The Detailed Mechanical Approach. Pneumatic Tire: Construction and Testing. Mechanics of Off-Road Vehicle-Terrain Interaction: Terramechanics. Part IV Modeling of Vehicle Subsystems. Suspension Systems. Active and Semiactive Suspension Systems. Driveline. Brake System Dynamics. Steering System. Structural and Dynamic Problems in Car Body Design. Part V Vehicle Dynamics and Active Safety. Basics of Longitudinal and Lateral Vehicle Dynamics. Detailed Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis of Vehicle Dynamics. Ride Comfort and Road Holding. Control of Horizontal Vehicle Motion. Active and Semiactive Suspension Control. Integrated Controls. Dynamics of Heavy Commercial Vehicles and Buses. Dynamics of Off-Road Vehicles. Motorcycle Handling Dynamics. Part VI Man-Vehicle Interaction. Vehicle Comfort. Subjective and Objective Evaluations of Car Handling and Ride. Driver Models in Automobile Dynamics Application. Part VII Intelligent Vehicle Systems. Automatic Lateral Vehicle Control. Longitudinal Control. Part VIII Road Accident Reconstruction and Passive Safety. Analysis and Reconstruction of Road Ac